Posts by Kumara Republic
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The way things are going, current policy thinking towards square pegs in round holes is to grab a bigger sledgehammer.
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I doubt that the true costs of their aim to cut our emissions will look good right in the middle of the deepest recession in modern history. Not to the people who voted for the right anyway.
If NZ was to collide head on with the American Clean Energy & Security Act, would they be jolted into pulling their carbon weight, or would they just go on a Yank-bashing spree - not unlike the "punch-a-Pom-a-day" movement of the 1970s?
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But I can report considerable success in the use of pizza a vector for novel food items with our older boy. That, and curry.
Pizza: Solid fuel for the information age.
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It's not quite Shut Up And Sing, but still not all that far off either.
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Kyle:
And we're not a business, we're a country.
Unfortunately there are those who suffer from the delusion that dictates otherwise. Chances are they'll find themselves fighting a shareholder revolt on one front, and bossnappings on the other.
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It's something that (as a formerly English person) I find very strange about New Zealand politics. How can you not know if you're left-wing or right-wing? How can you vote one way one election, and then vote the opposite way in the next election? Unless you've had a fundamental shift in your world-view, how is that possible? - unless all you're thinking about is looking after number 1 and you're simply voting for the dudes who wave the shiniest baubles in your face.
If you can scare people enough, they'll believe anything.
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I've recently had a crack at making mulled wine:
In Medieval times, mulled wine was a hit with guards on sentry-duty for this very reason, as well as being a cunning way to revive and render drinkable wine-on-the-turn with a pinch of spice and a bit of heat. Given the poor sanitation practices of the period, it was also thought to be far healthier to drink than water.
Especially when on sentry duty in Azeroth.
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Yes, the same bogus principle according to which the public health system will work better if more people take up private health insurance. We know about that one - working a treat in the US for instance.
And Treasury of all organisations pooh-poohed tax subsidies for private healthcare.
More on US health politics:
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Someone compile a list of likely suspects and everyone gets three knives... er I mean votes.
Sir Michael Fay
Sir William Birch
Sir Robert Muldoon (do the deceased count?) -
Well, I once asked Drinnan why he never seems interested in industrial action, staff cuts and corporate instability at APN (who just happen to own the only daily newspaper in New Zealand's largest media market) and the response was, shall we say, chilly.
Tell me he's not one of its shareholders.